Highway chase ends in Waterbury

Updated 10:34 pm, Thursday, July 25, 2013

DANBURY -- A Plainville man faces multiple charges after a chase that began Thursday morning on Interstate 84 in Danbury ended with a crash in Waterbury, State Police said.

Andrew M. Haskell was operating a car that had been reported stolen in Long Island when a trooper tried to stop him near exit 3 just before 7 a.m., police said.

Haskell sped up and led police on a pursuit that ended when he crashed the car on Sunnyside Avenue in Waterbury, then attempted to flee on foot.

He was apprehended after a brief foot chase, police said, and is being held on $10,000 bond for a court appearance Friday in Waterbury.

A search of the vehicle turned up a number of items that Haskell allegedly stole from vehicles in Brooklyn, police said.

He was charged with operating under suspension, reckless driving, disobeying an officer's signal, first-degree larceny, sixth-degree larceny credit card theft, illegal use of a credit card, and interfering with police.